Henry adams
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
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They know enough who know how to learn.
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The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred...
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Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
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The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
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At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.
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Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
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Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.
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We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
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